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My name is David Lo, and I am a street photographer who enjoys taking vintage cameras, digitizing them, and then using them for street photography. This is a walkthrough on my process of modifying a camera.I have a short list of dream cameras to digitize. They probably would have to be spare part cameras that were not repairable or usable though. My list includes: a Hasselblad SWC, Polaroid Land 180, a Graflex National, Graflex D, Linhof Technika, as well as my own camera design ideas.
Here I’ve decided to do the project on a 1916 Kodak Autographic 3A Special. You need a camera with some sort of bellows, or a focusing lens apparatus. For instance, I would really love to convert a Kodak Instamatic, but it’s got no adjustable lens or bellows, and the back is so small that it would look rather awkward after modification.
A significant part of the experience is the joy of going out and using the modified vintage camera. Plus it gives the camera a “second life”. Its previous owner might have put but a few dozen rolls through it at the most, unless his name was Gary Winogrand, however, you’ll be able …
By: David Lo
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